#Hairspray movie soundtrack tv

Perhaps one of the smaller details that only mega Hairspray movie fans will notice (Noreen and Doreen weren't in the Broadway version), there's nobody with rhyming names in the role call during 'Nicest Kids in Town.' In Hairspray Live!, Luanne is followed by a girl named 'Kooks,' while in the movie it's Joey, a quick-take of several people and then the ever-so-memorable Noreen and Doreen.

So we did.Ĭheck out the differences we noticed between the 2007 movie musical and Hairspray Live! below.

#Hairspray movie soundtrack tv

Visit the official movie website at Live! was quite the exciting TV event for those who really love Hairspray, no matter if we're talking about the 1988 movie, the Broadway play or the 2007 big-screen remake (or all three).īut with the Adam Shankman-directed film - starring Zac Efron, John Travolta, Nikki Blonsky and others - being the reprise of most recent memory, it's hard not to compare the movie musical version to NBC's live-action special.

The movie musical was adapted by Leslie Dixon from the Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan book and features the score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman with additional songs created for the film. The film is based on the still-running musical Hairspray, which itself was based on the 1988 John Waters film of the same name. 'Mama, I'm A Big Girl Now' - Nikki Blonsky, Marissa Jaret Winokur & Rikki LakeĪdam Shankman directs and choreographs the 'Hairspray' film, which stars John Travolta as Edna Turnblad, Christopher Walken as Wilbur Turnblad, Queen Latifah as Motormouth Maybelle, Amanda Bynes as Penny Pingleton, Zac Efron as Link Larkin, Brittany Snow as Amber von Tussel, Michelle Pfeiffer as Velma von Tussel, James Marsden as Corny Collins, Elijah Kelly as Seaweed, Allison Janney as Prudy Pingleton and Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad. 'Come So Far (Got So Far To Go)' - Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron and Elijah Kelley 'You Can't Stop The Beat' - Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Amanda Bynes, Elijah Kelley, John Travolta & Queen Latifah 'Without Love' - Zac Efron, Nikki Blonsky, Elijah Kelley & Amanda Bynes '(You're) Timeless To Me' - John Travolta & Christopher Walken 'Big, Blonde & Beautiful Reprise' - John Travolta & Michelle Pfeiffer 'Big, Blonde & Beautiful' - Queen Latifah 'Welcome to the 60's' - Nikki Blonsky & John Travolta '(The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs' - Michelle Pfeiffer 'The Nicest Kids in Town' - James Marsden The soundtrack is produced by Shaiman and features tracks mixed by Ed Cherney and Peter Mokran. The album also features the song 'Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now' (heard over the credits, but cut from the film's plot) as sung by all three incarnations of Tracy Turnblad - original film star Rikki Lake, original Broadway star Marissa Jaret Winokur and film star Nikki Blonsky. The 'Hairspray' CD features 17 songs from the film, including three original numbers - 'Ladies' Choice,' 'New Girl in Town' and 'Come So Far.' The new songs were also penned by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, who received the Tony Award for their Hairspray score. On 'The Billboard 200,' the soundtrack places at No. The soundtracks to 'High School Musical' (Disney), 'Grease' (Polydor/Universal) and 'Dreamgirls' (Music World/Columbia) also place within the top 10. Disney populates 10 of the chart's 25 slots. The album places behind three-week chart-topper 'Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus' and ahead of that film's predecessor, 'Hannah Montana' (which holds at No. The film hits theatres nationwide July 20.

New Line Records released the recording July 10.